Boston College upsets No. 1 Duke 89-84
BOSTON » Ky Bowman finished with 30 points, 10 rebounds and nine assists to help Boston College beat top-ranked Duke 89-84 on Saturday and send the Blue Devils to their first loss of the season.
Jordan Chatman scored 22 for BC (7-3, 1-0 Atlantic Coast Conference), hitting four straight free throws in the final 16 seconds. The Eagles have won their last three games against the No. 1 team in The Associated Press Top 25.
Gary Trent Jr. scored 25 for Duke (11-1, 0-1 ACC).
Duke erased a 10-point deficit in the second half and led 79-75 with 3:30 to play. But Boston College scored 12 of the next 14 points, getting a pair of 3-pointers from Robinson. Duke’s Trevon Duvall drove to the basket to make it 8381 with 31 seconds left, but then he was called for an intentional foul on Chatman as BC tried to dribble out the clock.
Chatman made both foul shots, and then with BC retaining possession he was fouled again and made two more. NO. 3 MICHIGAN STATE 88, SOUTHERN UTAH 64 » Miles Bridges, Nick Ward and Jaren Jackson each scored 17 points for Michigan State.
The Spartans (9-1) have won eight straight by double digits since losing to top-ranked Duke.
The Thunderbirds (54) had won three straight. They kept it relatively close at the Breslin Center for a while, trailing by just five points midway through the second half. NO. 5 FLORIDA 66, NO. 17 CINCINNATI 60 » Chris Chiozza scored the final six points of the game and Florida snapped a three-game losing streak in the second game of the Never Forget Tribute Classic at the Prudential Center.
Chiozza put the Gators (6-3) ahead 62-60 with a drive across the lane with 1:12 to play.
The senior guard added two free throws with 20.1 seconds to go and he closed out the scoring with a fastbreak layup after a turnover by Cincinnati (7-2), which lost its second straight game.
Egor Koulechov had 21 points to lead Florida.
Backup guard Cane Broome had 15 points to lead Cincinnati. NO. 6 WICHITA STATE 78, OKLAHOMA STATE 66 » Landry Shamet scored a career-high 30 points for Wichita State.
Conner Frankamp scored 14 points and Darral Willis, Jr. added 12 for the Shockers (8-1), who made 12 of 26 3-point attempts and outrebounded the Cowboys 36-26.
Tavarius Shine scored a career-high 20 points and Mitchell Solomon added a career-best 17 for Oklahoma State (7-2). NO. 7 TEXAS A&M 73, PRAIRIE VIEW A&M 53 » Junior guard Admon Gilder scored 14 points and Texas A&M overcame a sluggish start.
The Aggies (8-1) led 4440 5 minutes into the second half before scoring the next 18 points over a 7-minute span to put away the game against the outmanned Panthers (2-7).
A&M forward Robert Williams had 16 rebounds.
Zachary Hamilton led the Panthers with 18 points.
No. 8 Kentucky 93, Monmouth 76 >> Hamidou Diallo scored a season-high 23 points for Kentucky at Madison Square Garden.
Kentucky (8-1) won its sixth in a row. PJ Washington added 20 points, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander chipped in 15 and Nick Richards had 10.
Monmouth (3-7) has lost three straight. Deion Hammond led the Hawks with 19 and Micah Seaborn had 18. NO. 9 NOTRE DAME 92, DELAWARE 68 » Bonzie Colson had 19 points and 12 rebounds to lead Notre Dame in coach Mike Brey’s return to Delaware.
Matt Farrell scored 24 points and TJ Gibbs had 21 to help the Fighting Irish (82) rebound from an 80-77 loss Tuesday to Ball State.
Brey returned to the Bob Carpenter Center for the first time since the end of his Delaware head coaching stint in 2000. NO. 13 XAVIER 96, COLORADO 69» Trevon Bluiett scored 25 points and J.P. Macura emerged from his slump by making his first six shots as Xavier completed a streak of non-conference payback wins.